“The Flotilla is a partnership of individual seafarers who use the Irish Sea,” said Dr Warren Scott skipper of the yacht Swn y Mor from Glasson Dock. "We wish to let BNFL and the UK and Japanese Governments know that we are no longer willing to sit back and allow the Irish Sea, or any sea, to be used as a nuclear highway."
The plutonium transport has earned the reputation as the world's most controversial nuclear shipment. Over 80 governments have condemned it citing environmental, security and safety concerns. En route countries called for the transport not to enter their 200 mile Exclusive Economic Zone
The plutonium transport has earned the reputation as the world's most controversial nuclear shipment. Over 80 governments have condemned it citing environmental, security and safety concerns. En route countries called for the transport not to enter their 200 mile Exclusive Economic Zone
(EEZ), a call which fell on deaf ears. Even on the final leg of its journey, the BNFL transport was less than 30 miles from the Irish coast when it encountered the Irish Sea Flotilla yesterday afternoon.
The Government of Ireland which normally has good relations with the UK, has begun a legal challenge against the reprocessing operations at Sellafield through the United Nations International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea and has also instigated arbitration through the Paris and Oslo Convention (OSPAR), a treaty dealing with the prevention of pollution in the north east Atlantic.
The Government of Ireland which normally has good relations with the UK, has begun a legal challenge against the reprocessing operations at Sellafield through the United Nations International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea and has also instigated arbitration through the Paris and Oslo Convention (OSPAR), a treaty dealing with the prevention of pollution in the north east Atlantic.
"This plutonium shipment has reached pariah status. BNFL and the UK Government have once again put at risk the environment and security of millions of people around the planet for what ? A bankrupt business that will drain billions from the UK taxpayer over the coming decades while continuing to increase its mountain of stocks of weapons-usable plutonium. This was a wholly unjustified and shameful transport and it must be the last,” said John Bowler of Greenpeace International, in Barrow.
Greenpeace Photo of BNFL Shipment Pacific Pintail
Please see;
http://www.greenpeace.org
Greenpeace Photo of BNFL Shipment Pacific Pintail
Please see;
http://www.greenpeace.org